Feb.6,2011

Dear Family,

How are things going back in snowy Utah. Im really enjoying it here as it hasnt been cold lately. So I want to start off saying that i was always right, I do look better at 6´4!!!!! We need to see what we can do about that!!! Im trying to grow and i think i have grown about an inch on the mission so far but i´ll have to get the last 6 inches in the last 6 months.

Things are going great here in Guatemala. We were able to have two of the 3 baptisms this week. Julio Perez (13 years old) and Ismael Ruiz (19). They are both awesome people. Julio started going to seminary last week and hé wasnt even a memeber yet. Ismael i hope will prepare to go on a mission but we´ll have to see if thats the path he wants to take. We had planned to baptized Kimberly Garcia as well this week but her mom still wont give her permision yet. Its kind of annoying but well see what we can do. Our goal for this month is 5 baptisms and we are going to get is. We just have to keep working hard to prepare this people and to find new people.

We are working with a few families right now but the 3 that are progressing the most are the Castro Family, the Folgar Familiy and the Sotoj family. The castros are awesome and the dad´s brother is a member here and is helping alot with them. They´ve kind of had some difficulties in the last few weeks b.c. their mom got really sick and they´ve been focusing on that. They accept the teachings but the wife´s dad was an evangelical pastor so she understands the scriptures really well but kind of confuses things still. The concept of being a member of whatever church as long as you believe in God really bugs me.

The Folgar family is awesome as well. The mom is a member less active and is the sister in law of the lady that i baptized last week. They have 3 daughter we are preparing to baptize and a 6 year old brother and one other brother that i still haven´t met. The middle sister Carla has already accepted to be baptized and we set a date for the 19th with here. We are hoping she can set the example for her family. They are a realy nice family.

The last family is the Sotoj family. THey havent come to church yet but i have a really good feeling about them. The dad died a couple of months ago and they´ve been struggling with that. They are a really sweet family so hopefully we can help them progress. I know the most important thing is to get the members involved here but were trying to figure out how to get others more involved. There are some that are really good but the majority are really closed off and dont even talk to the people we bring to church. The difference between baptizing alot and not is getting the members involed so that the people can feel comfortable with the teachings and at church.

Well those are the families that we are really pushing for right now and this week we really have to focus on finding new families to teach.

I really enjoyed the pictures that eric sent me of the wedding (he´s my favorite family member right now) and i especially liked the choice of shoes haha. I want you to know that i love you and pray for you always. Keep working hard and progressing.

Love,

Elder Vincent